Ethical language is meaningless’ Discuss (35 marks)
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- Ethical language is meaningless’ Discuss (35 marks)
- P3 - intuitionism G E Moore
- good is simple which cannot be analysed (yellow)
- still cognitive - different means of verifying = intuition
- we know what good is when we see it but cannot explain it eg murder
- not proved conclusively/how can we be sure intuitions are correct/contradictng?
- we know what good is when we see it but cannot explain it eg murder
- still cognitive - different means of verifying = intuition
- good is simple which cannot be analysed (yellow)
- P4 - intuitionism W D Ross
- same root as Moore but was deontologist
- devised prima facie duties (first sight) which were always right
- if they conflict use intuition
- devised prima facie duties (first sight) which were always right
- problem with intuitionism as a whole - due to social conditioning
- same root as Moore but was deontologist
- P5 - emotivism A J Ayer
- non-cognitive = meaningful
- ethical statements cannot be true/false
- ethical statements served to explain dis/approval any other interpretation = meaningless
- also boo-hurrah
- 'steal' is interpretation
- reduces to 'simple subjectivism' - meaningless?
- non-cognitive = meaningful
- P3 - intuitionism G E Moore
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- P6 - emotivism C L Stevenson
- more detailed "ethics and language" 1944
- statements are expressive and descriptive - influence others
- give validity to everyone's opinions (Hitler?)
- statements are expressive and descriptive - influence others
- more detailed "ethics and language" 1944
- P7 - prescriptivism R M Hare
- ethical language = to say what ought to be done
- we must do what we prescribe
- prescriptivism gives more purpose
- no valid reason for one prescription over another
- one should go in other's shoes - terrorism against this
- we use good in relation to context
- when we prescribe it is meaningful
- ethical language = to say what ought to be done
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